Michael Shulman (actor)

Michael Shulman
Michael Shulman and James LeGros on the set of Sherman's Way
Born	New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Michael Shulman is an American film, stage, television actor and co-owner of New York and Los Angeles-based production company Starry Night Entertainment.

Born in New York City, Shulman has been acting since childhood where he began his career in theatre and quickly appeared in more than 10 plays and musicals, including a two-year run on Broadway in Les Misérables, the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins, and two plays by John Guare. He was a member of the cast of Recess, and played the role of the Hustler Kid. It was during this time that he began his recording career and has since appeared in more than five albums. Shulman next turned to television and film and landed several roles, including Jodie Foster's Little Man Tate, M. Night Shyamalan's Wide Awake, Disney's Can of Worms, Fox's Party of Five (1994), and his critically acclaimed performance as Benny in the HBO special, Someone Had to Be Benny (1996) for which he was nominated for a CableAce Award (the youngest nominee in the Award's history) and won a Daytime Emmy Award.

Shulman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University with a major in the History of Art.

In 2006, Shulman teamed with Los Angeles-based Craig Saavedra, who directed him in Rhapsody in Bloom, to form Starry Night Entertainment.

In 2009, Shulman produced and starred in the comedy/drama Sherman's Way opposite James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Brooke Nevin, Lacey Chabert and Donna Murphy.